Cortex-M3 Technical Reference Manual: Using this book

Using this book

This book is organized into the following chapters:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Read this for a description of the components of the processor, and of the product documentation.
Chapter 2 Functional Description: Read this for a description of the functionality of the processor.
Chapter 3 Programmers Model: Read this for a description of the processor register set, modes of operation, and other information for programming the processor.
Chapter 4 System Control: Read this for a description of the registers and programmers model for system control.
Chapter 5 Memory Protection Unit: Read this for a description of the Memory Protection Unit (MPU).
Chapter 6 Nested Vectored Interrupt Controller: Read this for a description of the interrupt processing and control.
Chapter 7 Debug: Read this for information about debugging and testing the processor core.
Chapter 8 Data Watchpoint and Trace Unit: Read this for a description of the Data Watchpoint and Trace (DWT) unit.
Chapter 9 Instrumentation Trace Macrocell Unit: Read this for a description of the Instrumentation Trace Macrocell (ITM) unit.
Chapter 10 Embedded Trace Macrocell: Read this for a description of the processor Embedded Trace Macrocell (ETM).
Chapter 11 Trace Port Interface Unit: Read this for a description of the Trace Port Interface Unit (TPIU).
Appendix A Revisions: Read this for a description of the technical changes between released issues of this book.
Glossary: Read this for definitions of terms used in this book.

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